Word: reinosa
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...Queipo de Llano by talking out of turn had lost a tidy little cache of guns. On the far northern front without unnecessary' talk, three Rightists divisions-the central one 100% Italian-were closing on Santander. This week with a backing of heavy artillery they swept through Reinosa 40 miles to the southwest-the Basques' prime arms manufacturing centre in Santander Province and a prize rich in zinc mines, lignite, lead, oil-sent packing the Leftists as they tried spunkily to stave off the tide with a house-to-house defense. Meantime in the Soncillo region due east...
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